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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809891603321

Titolo

Agrarian change and crisis in Europe, 1200-1500 / / edited by Harry Kitsikopoulos

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Routledge, 2012

ISBN

1-136-46761-0

1-136-46762-9

0-203-12823-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (377 p.)

Collana

Routledge research in medieval studies ; ; 1

Altri autori (Persone)

KitsikopoulosHarry

Disciplina

338.1094/0902

Soggetti

Agriculture - Economic aspects - Europe - History - To 1500

Agriculture - Social aspects - Europe - History - To 1500

Social change - Europe - History - To 1500

Crises - Europe - History - To 1500

Europe Economic conditions To 1492

Europe Social conditions To 1492

Europe Rural conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Simultaneously published in the UK"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Agrarian Change and Crisisin Europe, 1200-1500; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; 1. Introduction; 2. England; 3. France; 4. Italy; 5. Byzantium; 6. Spain; 7. Scandinavia; 8. Central Europe; 9. Russia; 10. Epilogue; Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Agrarian Change and Crisis in Europe, 1200-1500 addresses one of the classic subjects on economic history: the process of aggregate economic growth and the crisis that engulfed the European continent during the late Middle Ages. This was not an ordinary crisis. During the period 1200-1500, Europe witnessed endemic episodes of famine and a wave of plague epidemics that amounted to one of its worst health crises, rivaled only by the Justinian plague in the sixth century. These challenges called into question the production of goods and services and the distribution of wealth, opening